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  1. carjug

    Low Cost Ninos for Hawkwatching

    My birdwatching bins are 10x50's, they have a scrunched field of view. I figured 7x50's would be better. I spent too many hours internet shopping, and FINALLY bought a pair of Nikon OceanPro marine bins from BandH photo. They cost 250 American. I made some homemade straps, and I plan to...
  2. carjug

    Thoughts on Hawk-watching.

    I've been attending a local hawkwatch about three times a season for the last four years. Here are some lessons I may have learned. 1) It's hard. Seems easy, right? Fifteen species or so? Nope. They all look exactly alike. 2) Respect the leader. He or she is an experienced fanatic. 3)...
  3. carjug

    I Bought a Scope for Hawk-watching,,,Advice????

    I got a bad case of the "I wants" a couple of years ago at the local Hawk counting site. I finally gave in and bought a nice big scope for my sturdy old tripod. I've been practicing up on the local Turkey Vulture congregation. Any advice about getting on a flying bird, when to use it instead of...
  4. carjug

    Sitting in the Weeds.

    This is my favorite way to watch birds. No gear, just plop down in some weeds and wait. Sometimes it works, sometimes you just get a nap. The other day, a flock of feeder birds showed up, and with them, the local pair of Northern Flickers, a real treat. Me, I was just sitting on a patch of moss...
  5. carjug

    Write protection problem in old canon rebel- help?

    I have one of the early Rebels, the T1, I think. The memory cards have all decided to write-protect themselves. I tried moving the teeny switch on the cards, no response. I tried moving a teeny switch in the card slot, it busted off. I read the funny manual on the CD that came with the camera. I...
  6. carjug

    Male Rubythroats Leaving for Fall Migration.

    My adult male Rubythroats left my Western North Carolina home yesterday, September 5th; the juveniles are slamming the feeders hard. Please report when your Big Redneck Daddies make like a tree and leave!
  7. carjug

    Proper feeder placement.

    Feeders for Hummers and other birds should be placed where the birds want to have them. This spot gets lots of Hummers, and should get lots of woodpeckers at a suet feeder this winter. Oh good, the picture loaded! The feeder is 30 feet up in a pine tree. I have three set-ups like this, and...
  8. carjug

    Excellent Home-made Hummer feeder.

    If the picture works, you will see a Ruby-Throat hitting up a feeder made from a pill bottle and a hot-sauce bottle strung together. There is a post about these in the Hummingbird forum, they work amazingly well.
  9. carjug

    Glow in the Dark Paint for Wind Turbines.?

    I have an idea for painting wind turbine blades so that they scare birds away. Use some Glow in the dark paint, with some ultra violet stuff thrown in to put a spiral pattern on the spinning blades. Like on toy tops, just bigger. Is there an industry person, or someone who would know how to test...
  10. carjug

    Supremely Awesome Homemade Feeder

    The first picture has three feeders, a soy-sauce bottle feeder that is great, but the bottle may no longer be available, a feeder made with the top of a Christmas candy-cane novelty toy that is probably great, but hasn't been tried out yet, and a feeder made from a sauce bottle and a...
  11. carjug

    Insectivorous Birds and Global Warming?

    Are there any territorial, non-migratory insectivores? I am asking this because I went to a global warming meeting, and the group spent a lot of time talking about bugs. It seems like keeping track of birds who eat bugs would be a good idea, and I am sure someone is already doing it. Where could...
  12. carjug

    Canon Rebel VS Nikon Coolpix

    I upgraded from a Nikon Coolpix to a canon Rebel about six months ago, here is what I think I know. The Rebel is a T3 with a decent size sensor, the kit came with a 55-250 lens, and some other stuff that I have never used. It is a much better birding camera than the Coolpix, but that is the...
  13. carjug

    Ball Mason Jar Feeders

    Lessee if this works... I like making feeders, they generally work better than the commercial variety. These little mason jars, available in the canning section of Wal*Mart for five bucks, are part of some kick-butt feeders. Small, easy to clean, the hummers like them, tough. The only problem...
  14. carjug

    Great Photography Website.

    B (: I want to buy a camera. A nice one with fancy lenses. I own a little point and shoot thingy, but it can't do much in the bird realm. I tried to learn about the digital cameras, and had some luck with library books. I bought a stack of old magazines at a used bookstore and found that...
  15. carjug

    Savannah or Song Sparrow.

    Am I stoned, or is this a Savannah Sparrow? Thought it was a Song, but now I am not so sure?
  16. carjug

    How good is YOUR equipment?

    Or how BAD... Be honest people, help the rest of the gang get some good stuff, and avoid the junk. Did the people who sold you your stuff do you right, or were you gypped like a drunken cowhand at the poker table? I'll kick it off. My 700 dollar 10 X 50 Vortex binoculars rock. They are...
  17. carjug

    Tripod is TOO SHORT!

    I was in a hurry, had 100 bucks to spend, and bought a Manfrotto tripod off the internet. It showed up in the post, and put the piece of $##^ Wal*Mart tripod I had been using to shame, but the darn thing is only four feet tall. I looked at Manfrotto's website, and didn't see any ways to...
  18. carjug

    How do you use a Nikon Coolpix for birding?

    I have a Coolpix L120, in reality a sorta nice lens hooked up to a 14 megapickle camera. I've been using it to take pictures of perching birds. I just ordered a nice tripod to replace the junk I had been setting it on. How can I get this thing to max-out? It can get some great shots at under...
  19. carjug

    How Do YOU Bird With No Money?

    We've all done it; been in a strange location with no binoculars, camera, guidebook or car, and gone tromping along a railroad track or a kid's trail through the bushes looking at critters and bugs and birds. My question is, how do YOU make the best of this situation? Do you do more ear birding...
  20. carjug

    Mason Jar Feeder

    These are REALLY good! I've had this design in mind for about a year, then I saw some squatty looking Mason jars in the spice jar section in a gourmet food and wine shop called World Market. I bought two, The Mighty Wife was with me or I would have bought more. I replaced the flat lids...
  21. carjug

    Feeders from the recycle pile.

    Lessee, Got the pictures from the thingy! I like junk. I have a basket full of likely looking plastic and glass stuff that looks like it would appeal to Hummers. The first picture is a wine bottle jammed into a pill bottle with some beak-holes drilled into it. It was incredibly successful...
  22. carjug

    Morocco Africa Thrush?

    My son was hanging out in Morocco during a surfing vacation from the Peace corps when he saw this bird. Here is the note he sent me: Hey padre, I took some pictures of a bird while I was hiking in the lower Atlas Mountains in Morocco, and I thought you might want to take a shot at identifying...
  23. carjug

    NOS Energy Drink Bottlecap Feeder Awesome.

    Let's See if this Works.... Okay it did! I have a picture of a male hummer at one of these feeders, but it has too many Kilobytes for Bird Forum.
  24. carjug

    Rusty Blackbird Decline Theory

    Rusty Blackbirds are becoming scarce. I have a theory about this, I think it has something to do with genetically modified grain. Blackbirds like grain fields. If there is anything toxic in GMO crops, it will show up in blackbirds, just like DDT showed up in Robins that ate earthworms...
  25. carjug

    Nikon Monarch Compared to Vortex Viper

    I've had a pair of Nikon Monarch 8x42s for about two years, and I love them. I decided to get a pair of Vortex Viper 10x50s; and yesterday afternoon they showed up. I adjusted the Vortexs, then took both bins out for a comparison. It wasn't like apples and oranges, more like cats and...
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